Big love for this and yet another cracker in the Montalto lineup. This set of 2024 single vineyard Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays from Montalto is in elite form.
Planted in 1985 alongside Montalto's The Eleven Chardonnay vineyard, this site is Montalto's oldest. In 2012, the site was grafted over to the MV6 clone with budwood sourced from the Merricks Vineyard.
The fruit was handpicked, sorted, destemmed and wild fermented before seeing French oak (23% new) for 11 months. Only 205 dozen were produced.
Dark chocolate is wrapped around dark cherries, strawberries and an array of spices. Orange peel and burnt chocolate lob up late. A flicker of cloves, rosemary sprig, dried twigs and a little dab of minerality keep adding to the prestige and detail that this wine exudes. It's a wine that is silky yet deliciously expressive. Still youthful, this will flourish with more bottle age.
Drink to eight years.
95/100
Region: Mornington PeninsulaSource: Sample
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